Sources have confirmed that the Taliban has appointed Misbahullah Mansour, the son of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the former leader of the Taliban, as the supervisor of the southwestern zone of the Central Bank.
Fathullah Mansour, the elder son of Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, has been in-charge of airports in the southwestern zone since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021.
The new appointment of a family member of the former Taliban leader comes at a time when a recent decree attributed to Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered that family members of the Taliban officials can’t be employed in the group’s government offices.
The decree of the Taliban leader stressed, "Ministries and independent directorates have been directed to refrain from hiring individuals for their duties, based on kinship ties and personal relationships."
This is even though the Taliban had dismissed most of the professional employees of the government offices and replaced them with their own members since taking power in August 2021.
Many of the people appointed by the Taliban in government positions have not pursued higher education.
